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The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner,…
The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entitled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templars sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entituled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templers sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1681
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Mr. Nichols urged the same, 1that kneeling in the act of receiving the Lords Supper, being a bodily religious adoration of God before a creature, with respect unto it, having no special allowance from God, was unlawful; when this was urged before Bishop Morton, he found more favour from the Bishop than we can.
- 1Treasure out of Rubbish, p. 65. See more there.
4ly. Reverence in Gods worship we do commend as much as any. I wish sometimes that which men call Reverence be not Idolatry. But was David such an irreverent person, when he sate before the Lord in Prayer, 2 Sam. 7.18, 27. all the Versions hold to the word sate, and that at this time when his heart was enlarged from the sense of Gods ⟨p. 38⟩love. Cannot I pray reverently, when I lye upon my bed? and may we not as reverently receive the signs of the Lords body and blood, while we sit at his Supper? Cannot we know our own hearts? Who more profane in their conversation, and despisers of the commands of Christ, than most of these, who can kneel at Sacraments? Upon the same ground, i.e. Reverence, the Church of Rome will not put the Bread in the Sacrament into the peoples hands (though Maldonate grants for a long time the Church did so) but into their mouths forsooth, Multo plus habet reverentiae, Mat. 26.26.
But it is far from my intention to produce any new arguments against these Ceremonies, when there are so many produced by Dr. Ames Didochevius, and divers others. It is very observable what Mr.